[FYI] QT4 licensing looks very bad for *BSD

[RW]

On Wednesday 29 June 2005 12:30, Danny Pansters wrote:
> Folks,
>
> I don't want to scare anyone but today QT4 was released and their web page
>
> (http://www.trolltech.com/download/opensource.html)
>
> specifically states several times that if using the free version one is
> required to release their own code under GPL. That's effectively a
> requirement to relicense which goes much further than the GPL itself. The
> former licensing amounted to "abide to the GPL or QPL" as is normal for a
> GPL project and in that case one could release code under BSDL and if
> anything let the next guy worry about it (if they want to distribute a
> derivative).

I don't see what you are getting at. As I read it, they give an informal 
informational precis of what the GPL is, and then say: "This is because the 
Open Source versions of our software are governed by the terms of the GNU GPL 
license".